Papers, 1895-1935, of George Walter
Mapp consisting chiefly of his personal and professional
correspondence. Topics in the correspondence include women
suffrage, Prohibition, 1918 First District of Virginia
Congressional Democratic primary, 1928 presidential election,
and the 1929 Virginia gubernatorial Democratic
primary.

Acquisition Information

George Walter Mapp was born on 25 May 1873 to parents, Dr.
John E. Mapp and Margaret Benson (LeCato) Mapp. In 1891, he
received a degree of licentiate from the College of William
and Mary. This qualified him to teach at the college while
studying for a bachelor of arts degree. Upon graduation, he
taught at Hagsett Military Academy in Danville, Kentucky.
While at Hagsett, he attended classes at Centre College,
Kentucky, graduating with a law degree in 1897.

Following graduation Mapp practiced law on the Eastern
Shore of Virginia. He entered into several partnerships, the
first alongside his cousin Otho F. Mears. Upon its
dissolution, he formed a partnership with his brother J.
Brooks Mapp, which included an associate, Mr. Herbert
Barnes.

Mapp served in the Virginia State Senate from 1911 to 1923
representing the thirty- seventh district, which encompassed
Accomac, Northampton, and Princess Anne counties. As a
Democratic politician, he was a leader in the temperance
movement and fought for women's suffrage. Mapp ran
unsuccessfully for Congress in 1918 and for governor in 1925
and 1929.

In his later years, he served as the chairman of the State
Commission of Fisheries and on the Board of Visitors at the
College of William and Mary.

G. Walter Mapp married Miss Georgia Richardson Quinby on 10
November 1900. She died within a year. On 9 November 1910, he
remarried Miss Mildred Townsend Aydelotte. The couple had two
children. Mapp died in 1941.

Papers, 1895-1935, of George Walter Mapp consisting chiefly
his of personal and professional correspondence. Topics in the
correspondence include women suffrage, Prohibition, 1918 First
District of Virginia Congressional Democratic primary, 1928
presidential election, and the 1929 Virginia gubernatorial
Democratic primary. In addition to papers pertaining to Mapp's
political career, much of the collection pertains to Mapp's
legal practice on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and includes
supporting notes and documents referring to specific cases.
There are pamphlets, speeches and newspaper clippings covering
his political career from 1911 to 1929.

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Hohner, Robert A.Prohibition and politics : the life
of Bishop James Cannon, Jr.Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina
Press,
c1999.Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Call Number: BX8495 .C245 H64 1999

Hohner, Robert A.Prohibition and politics : the life
of Bishop James Cannon, Jr.Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina
Press,
c1999.Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Call Number: BX8495 .C245 H64 1999